History Quiz #509
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 15 October 2018
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Q1.
When was the first public passenger train run in India?
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Q2.
Labour laws in the UK and France in 1833 and 1841 respectively prohibited employment (in certain types of factories) of people below which age?
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Q3.
Which British laws introduced by the Importation Act of 1815 and repealed in 1846 are examples of British mercantilism, the abolition of which marked a significant step towards free trade?
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Q4.
At the end of the 20th century Macau was returned to China by which country?
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Q5.
In 1840 a two masted square rigged gunship, the HMS Britomart under Commander Owen Stanley, was sent to Akaroa on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. For what reason?
A
To forestall an armed French claim to sovereignty over the South Island
B
To take the Treaty of Waitangi, newly signed in the north, for signing by South Island Maori
C
For military exercises with the French
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Q6.
Robert Mugabe served as Prime Minister and then President in Zimbabwe after 1980; when did he step down?
D
Never, he died in office
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Q7.
When French politician Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès called in 1799 for "a sabre", what or who was his solution?
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